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Alberta business proposes more taxes

Feb 19, 2021

We don’t generally think of proposals for more taxes coming from the business community but that’s exactly what happened in Alberta this week. The Business…

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Joe Biden—a Teddy or an FDR?

Feb 18, 2021

Many progressives are hoping for great things from Joe Biden. The United States faces huge problems aside from the pandemic and its economic fallout. There…

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Colombia welcomes the Bolivarian exodus

Feb 17, 2021

Not everyone is welcoming refugees these days, particularly in the Americas. That’s why it was encouraging to read about Colombia’s generous treatment of the millions…

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Even the World Bank supports a wealth tax

Feb 16, 2021

While recognizing the danger of increasing inequality in Western societies, I have not been a fan of a wealth tax, one of the more commonly…

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How corrupt is Canada?

Feb 13, 2021

How corrupt is our country? Not very. But we can do better. According to Transparency International’s (TI) 2020 report, we are in eleventh place on…

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Conflating capitalism and global warming is a mistake

Feb 9, 2021

Many on the left insist that dealing with global warming necessitates dealing with capitalism. Because the latter causes the former, they say, it is the…

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The centennial of broken Liberal promises on PR

Feb 7, 2021

A recent newsletter from Fair Vote Canada reminded us that the Liberals have been promising proportional representation (PR) for 100 years. And not delivering. In…

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Time to start paying Mother Nature back

Feb 5, 2021

I’ve long thought that the sensible approach to the global economy is obvious, if complex. We calculate what the Earth can sustainably provide in terms…

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Trump and the definition of fascism

Jan 29, 2021

Is Donald Trump a fascist? He has been accused of being one, including by me in previous posts, but the left is inclined to label…

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Albertans support net-zero by 2050, but …

Jan 24, 2021

A recent survey by Janet Brown Opinion Research, commissioned by the Pembina Institute, showed some encouraging attitudes of Albertans toward climate change. For example, two-thirds…

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Is Joe up to the challenge?

Jan 23, 2021

The strongest emotion many people felt in response to the election of Joe Biden as president of the U.S. was relief. Relief not because Biden…

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Another Albertan’s reaction to President Biden’s climate announcements

Jan 22, 2021

When I read about U.S. President Biden’s first steps down the climate change path he intends to follow, I was delighted, primarily because of his…

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Featured posts
  • It’s the cruelty that appals
    March 16, 2025
  • The hypocrisy of exporting fossil fuel emissions
    November 29, 2024
  • What is the real price of your hamburger?
    September 23, 2024
  • Premier Smith and the fascist hatemonger
    August 27, 2024
  • Sweden—a model economy
    August 15, 2024
  • The most important history lesson
    March 23, 2024
  • Terrorism—weapon of the oppressed?
    October 9, 2023
  • Are we on a path to sustainability?
    May 7, 2023
  • Conservatives and the CBC
    March 2, 2023
  • Dismissing the low taxes myth
    February 26, 2023
  • Sundre and the death of satire
    June 28, 2022
  • The “racialized” fallacy … or how to (or not to) compare ethnic groups
    March 9, 2022
  • Why can’t conservatives win the mayoralties of Alberta’s major cities?
    October 20, 2021
  • How races differ
    May 21, 2021
  • Cancelling Tommy Douglas
    October 29, 2020

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